Squire Patton Boggs has advised leading international luxury travel agency Scott Dunn on its acquisition of Country Holidays, a Singapore-based group of travel companies offering tailor-made vacations and operating in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Dubai. The strategic acquisition, which sees the merger of Scott Dunn and Country Holidays, makes Scott Dunn one of Asia’s largest bespoke tour and travel agencies. Chang Theng Hwee, founder of Country Holidays, will assume the position of Scott Dunn CEO, Asia.

The team advising Scott Dunn was led by Corporate of counsel Rob Shakespeare in Singapore and involved lawyers from the Corporate, Labour & Employment and Tax Strategy & Benefits practices in the firm’s Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, London and San Francisco offices.

“We were delighted our teams in the UK, US, UAE, Hong Kong and here in Singapore could help Scott Dunn on this significant expansion into the Asian market”, commented Rob Shakespeare. “It marks for our client the start of a really exciting new phase in its 30-year history, providing a substantial new client base and a gateway into Hong Kong, China, the Middle East and South East Asia.”